Tag: #PrutCT11
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Witness Stones Installation Ceremony in West Hartford
In October 2019, Witness Stones West Hartford remembered and honored the lives of six enslaved men and women. We invite you to watch highlights from the ceremony here:
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Students Find and Share an Untold History of the Enslaved People of West Hartford
By Ronni Newton in We-Ha.Com on October 24, 2019 History involves the study of what happened in the past, but we all know there is more than one side to most stories. There are also stories that have yet to be told. When Tracey Wilson and Liz Devine started the Witness Stones Project in…
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Renbrook School Students Share Their Work
Fifth graders in the Renbrook School’s Social Studies, Language Arts, and Arts Class share their work with the Witness Stones Project.
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Witness Stones Project Honors Prut
From the Kingswood Oxford School on June 3, 2019 History teacher Katie McCarthy’s Form 5 class addressed our nation’s complicated and painful history of slavery by participating in the Witness Stones Project which “seeks to restore the history and to honor the humanity and contributions of the enslaved individuals who helped build our communities” according…
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West Hartford Slave, Revolutionary War Soldier Honored on Local War Memorial
By Peter Marteka in the Hartford Courant on May 23, 2019 As Marc Boucher carved the simple four-letter name into the Revolutionary War memorial in the West Hartford Town Center Thursday morning, pieces of granite flew into the air. In a manner of seconds, a man simply known as “Prut” was added to a list of…